BAEBUS. 179 



ventral, 12 round caudal peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath, 

 with a rather indistinct dark lateral band on the posterior half of the 

 body, more distinct on the caudal peduncle ; fins whitish. 



Total length 70 millim. 



Cape Colony .—Type in Berlin Museum. 

 1. Ad. Near Cape Town. ' Challenger' Expedition. 



176. BARBUS MAGDALENE. 



Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. 1906, p. 437, and Fish. Nile, p. 256, 

 pi. xlvi. fig. 4 (1907). 



Depth of body 3^- to 3| times in total length, length of head 4^- to 

 5 times. Snout rounded, shorter than eye, which is 2f to 3 times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 2\ times in length of head ; mouth 



Fig. 157. 





W 

 w 



Barbus magdale.nce. 

 Type (F. N.). 



small, terminal ; lips very thin ; no anterior barbel ; posterior barbel 

 very minute or absent. Dorsal III 8, equally distant from anterior 

 border of eye and from caudal, border feebly concave ; last simple ray 

 not enlarged, not seriated, as long as head. Anal III 5, not reaching 

 caudal. Pectoral f length of head, not reaching ventral ; base of latter 

 below anterior rays of dorsal. Caudal peduncle twice as long as deep. 



5- 



Scales radiately striated, 29-32 'gf, 1-1 1 between lateral line and ventral, 

 10 round caudal peduncle. Silvery, yellowish olive on the back, with 

 a more or less distinct darker lateral stripe ; fins yellow. 



Total length 71 millim. 



Lake Victoria. 



1-8. Types. Bunjako. Mr. E. Degen (C). 



9. Skel. 



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